Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1887-03-18
NO. 12.
ZONE SOUTH AMERICAN WONDERS



Natives and the Native Animals
There is a big room or Two up n.
Columb a college in which are spread
abroad more wonders than were ever
dreampt of in Horatio's philosophy
Birds, beasts. fishes, plants of strange
nature, Indian relies. and all manner Of
South American wonders are here. the
prizes being captured in two years
struggle with danger and suffering by
an American scientific investigator.
The owner of these treasures is DIR.
Henry ii. Rosbr, of Detroit, who Jan.
10. 1885, left New York for q tour
through Chill and Bolivia in the hope
OF discovering amid the fauna and flora
of the Andes and the Amazon some
valuable additions TO the medicinal
riches of the American pharmacopmia.
DR.. Rosby's adventures were many
and interesting. and in due time will be
! given to the world IN a book, He met
/ the sorocho in its native lair, did battle
! with the Cnripuna Indians and the man
! eating fish and alligators OF the Benz
| river. broled in the stenches of La Paz,
| the filth est city this side of CONSTANT.
nople. took his daily doses Of quinine
! like little man, and saw the place
whore five million cnchona trees are
! growing. the source from which all the
calisaya cocktails Of the future must
come. From MI this he came out much
the worse for wear, but still full of en-
thus asm and confident that ont Of the
three hundred native drugs he had ex-
am ned two or three would prove su-
perior to the milar remedies now
known TO the med cal profess on.
Dr. Rosby intended TO land at NAL
iendo and 90 direct to Bolivia but the
Peruv an war prevented Gen. Caceras
was making things lively for the au-
thor ties. So he was Obliged TO travel
by mule from Tacma to La Paz, sew
on days journey going from Africa TO
Iacma by rail, tough journey across
a desert, without the shade of spear
of grass to rel eve the monotony.
The whole country OF Afr ca and
Tacma has been captured BY the Chi
lians, said the doctor. lit is 10 be
kept for ten wears. At the end of that
time the inhabitants will vote whether
tn remain IN Oh Ii or 20 back TO Peru.
The country which gets them must pay
Sl0,W00, 900 for the prize. Meanwhile
Chill n doing everything to make things
pleasant for the people with mus aud
games, ,,1he Ch lians' present purpose
is to have\a United States of South
America, aRurlng the other countr es
little by Ntue, and gradually
adding to theirA strength and wealth.
They are a bloodNhrstY people loving
war, and extremely brutal in carrying
/ on. They murdeN men women and
children with impartial cruelty, ripping
hem open with big khivcs.
Our journey from Tacma was one OF
,orrble suffering. II wax upon a h gh
able-land, reaching an alienation OF
6. 500 feet. and for five da,'s, we iour.
Keyed al an average elevation oS Ia, SOC
eet. The air was so raretied thAs we
u0ered much from soroeho, the CHIEF
ymptoms of which were difficulty IN S,
,reath ng prostrating muscular weak
less and bleeding at the nose and ears
We passed the beaut full volcano OF
1acosa, which discharges across the
oad river, the water of which Is fatal
o human life. Men often commit sui
,ide on the table-hnd. they suffer s,
nuch from sOrocho. There Is also
yreat danger from lightn ne, which is
requent and violent. At one time three
OF party n which | was
we're prostrated by lightning and forth
vas stricken blind for eleven days. The
Wind is so violent here that tress can
lot grow, and the vegetation is mat
ike, closely hugging the ground.
Dr. RosbY crossed the Andes with
much tribulaton, ana went TO work
mong the valleys of the eastern slope.
ie advises investors to keep away from
he old Spanish silver mines and says
hat any belief that they were crudely
worked is mistake. The Spaniards
id not leave much mineral richness be.
ind in Their mines. ''in Bolivia" he
aid, half the silver is counterfeit A
onsul who had grown tired Of making
ON sold his comterfeiting machine to
ne of our party And | wish to say
ght here that up to the present admin
trat on the diplomat c service sent TO !.
olivia from our country has been
Drunkenness, bribery, and
OF money have made
merica' agents a byword among the
olivians. wish to except Mr.. G bbs
I'D one other, who were honest men
nd much liked by the natives"
The doctor proposes to stir up these
.an,iais IA his book, aud claims ia
I'VE some very key evidence to offer.
he liveliest part Of his journey was on
c Beni river where it was worth
ans life to take BATH and where
, lost his boat, his provis ons. and the
aterbury watches with which he was
Irchasng all sorts Of valuable things
om the natives. But he got through
spite of insects and monsters, and
tvlng only one dayeof fever in land
here fever grows on every bush, he
tisiied himself that scientific use OF
Iinine makes man impervious to it.
Among the wonders which the doctor
ct was haif-pound fish. SO sensitive
at il attacked anything which caused
in the water. and SO fierce
at il would kill horse or man in cross
o stream one hundred feet wide. He
und tribe of Indians SO virtuous
at they tied the unfathful to ant
ees, and the little insects would cat
em alive, stripping the benes in less
an twenty-four hours, in brief. be
d a great time. -Nelc York World,